Cancer in Scotland: Action for Change set a target that "the maximum wait from urgent referral to treatment for all cancers will be two months"
Colorectal Period of diagnosis: 1 January to 31 March 2007
Area of diagnosis | Number of eligible urgent referrals* | Number treated within 2 months (62 days) of referral | % compliance with 2 month urgent referral to treatment target | Minimum wait (Days) | Maximum wait (Days) | Median wait (Days) | 90th Percentile (Days) |
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Scotland | 331 | 271 | 81.9% | 0 | 182 | 35 | 82 |
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NOSCAN | 89 | 83 | 93.3% | 0 | 112 | 25 | 61 |
Argyll & Clyde (Highland) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 7 | 7 | n/a | n/a |
Grampian | 23 | 19 | 82.6% | 0 | 94 | 32 | 75 |
Highland | 19 | 17 | 89.5% | 6 | 112 | 42 | 64 |
Orkney | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 0 | 38 | 1 | n/a |
Shetland | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 37 | 58 | n/a | n/a |
Tayside | 38 | 38 | 100.0% | 0 | 62 | 19 | 59 |
Western Isles | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 1 | 49 | 24 | n/a |
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SCAN | 89 | 68 | 76.4% | 0 | 182 | 41 | 99 |
Borders | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 0 | 61 | 35 | n/a |
Dumfries & Galloway | 14 | 12 | 85.7% | 1 | 101 | 37 | 89 |
Fife | 20 | 20 | 100.0% | 0 | 58 | 39 | 57 |
Lothian | 46 | 27 | 58.7% | 1 | 182 | 45 | 152 |
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WOSCAN | 153 | 120 | 78.4% | 0 | 161 | 38 | 89 |
Argyll & Clyde (Greater Glasgow) | 18 | 17 | 94.4% | 0 | 69 | 40 | 56 |
Ayrshire & Arran | 18 | 16 | 88.9% | 1 | 136 | 37 | 89 |
Forth Valley | 21 | 20 | 95.2% | 0 | 63 | 37 | 61 |
Lanarkshire | 38 | 21 | 55.3% | 0 | 161 | 54 | 135 |
Greater Glasgow | 58 | 46 | 79.3% | 1 | 153 | 27 | 95 |
*Exclusion categories are: died prior to receiving treatment, refused treatment, patient induced non-clinical delay, co-morbidities, clinical reasons and initially referred to another non-cancer specialty.
n/a: Not applicable due to small numbers.
Cancer waiting times statistics are subject to a programme of quality improvement focusing on consistency and coverage.
These improvements need to be taken in to account when making comparisons on quarter on quarter performance.